
107 minutes
5/24/1962
A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.

Kirk Douglas
as John W. "Jack" Burns

Gena Rowlands
as Jerry Bondi

Walter Matthau
as Sheriff Morey Johnson

Michael Kane
as Paul Bondi

Carroll O'Connor
as Hinton

William Schallert
as Harry

George Kennedy
as Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez

Karl Swenson
as Rev. Hoskins
William Mims
as First Deputy Arraigning Burns

Martín Garralaga
as Old Man

Lalo Rios
as Prisoner
John Barton
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Ray Beltram
as Bar Patron (uncredited)

Audrey Betz
as Bar Patron (uncredited)

Bill Bixby
as Airman in Helicopter (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Oscar Blank
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Don Carlos
as Bar Patron (uncredited)

George Keymas
as Deputy

Harry Lauter
as Deputy in Canyon

Bill Raisch
as One Arm
Vince St. Cyr
as Navajo Prisoner Who Escapes
David O. McCall
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Dan Sheridan
as Deputy Glynn
Rudy Germane
as Observer at Accident (uncredited)